Oliver Gross

Oliver L. Gross is “a son of the soil,” a Miamian raised amid the neighborhood programs and initiatives created and sponsored by the Urban League of Greater Miami. Mr. Gross has spent his career as a real estate developer, public administrator and commercial banker. His current post is one Mr. Gross helped create in 2005 with the founding of New Urban Development, a housing development and management affiliate of the Urban League of Greater Miami Inc.. Mr. Gross currently chairs the 79th Street Neighborhood Initiative, Inc., and is vice-chair and a member of the executive committee of the South Florida Community Development Coalition. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) SE Florida/Caribbean District Council’s Advisory Committee and serves on the ULI’S Housing and Infrastructure Task Force. Mr. Gross was recently appointed by the Miami-Dade Commission as Chairperson of the board of the 79th Street Corridor CRA. Mr. Gross was recently elected chairman of PLACE, a national organization comprised of community development practitioners representing 41 states. Mr. Gross earned his Bachelor in Business Administration from Florida A&M University. He is a 2003 recipient of the prestigious Louis Stokes Fellowship at Case Western Reserve University’s Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, from which he was awarded a Master’s of Science in Social Administration in May 2006. In 2012, Mr. Gross completed the 18-month Achieving Excellence in Community Executive Training Program at the Harvard Kennedy School, and has earned certifications as a Real Estate Development Professional and a U.S. Housing and Urban Development Certified Occupancy Specialist. Underlying it all, though, is a mission his mother encouraged him to pursue many years ago. His love of the lord, and his passion for the community steer Mr. Gross to “see the best in those who may not have been as fortunate as I, and to create quality affordable housing that will foster an environment where there’s opportunity for the community and the potential to thrive.”

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